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2008...
vol.
23
no.
4
2008
of
Australian Literary Studies
est. 1963
Australian Literary Studies
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* Contents derived from the 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- 'Isn't There a Poem about This, Mr de Mille?' : On Quotation, Camp and Colonial Distancing, single work criticism (p. 377-391)
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A Politics of the Dreamtime : Destructive and Regenerative Rainbows in Alexis Wright's Carpentaria,
single work
criticism
Focusing on Wright's representation of the land, the river and the cyclone, the essay attempts to demonstrate 'how playfully, flexibly and experimentally Wright moblilises a new form of magic realism in which realism (the vital) and the supervital are demonstrably folded into one another. In doing so, she creates a powerful new politicised narrative for our times, one that expresses a crisis of representation which is simultaneously committed to exposing an ecological crisis' (405).
- Singing up Country in the Poetry of Judith Wright and Pablo Neruda, single work criticism (p. 408-421)
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Erocide Is Painless : Insensation in Les Murray's Fredy Neptune,
single work
criticism
Advances the view that the experience of insensation by the main character in Fredy Neptune is linked to Murray's own painful experiences of sexual teasing and humiliation as an adolescent.
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Future Tense : Dead Europe and Viral Anti-Semitism,
single work
criticism
The article examines the ways in which anti-Semitism functions in Tsiolka's novel and whether it perpetuates or interrogates racism. 'Discussions of Tsiolka's motivations for writing the novel are central to this, as are studies of its narrative voice, character and plot development' (434).
- Interview with Christos Tsiolkas : 'What Does Fiction Do?' : On Dead Europe: Ethics and Aesthetics, Catherine Padmore (interviewer), single work interview (p. 446-462)
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Joyce Eyre and Australian Literature at the University of Tasmania,
single work
criticism
Discusses the establishment and teaching of a course in Australian literature, the first of its kind, at the University of Tasmania between 1947 and 1950.
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'Sweet Mary of Kilmore' : Discrimination in Australian Folklore Scholarship,
single work
criticism
The author traces the history of an originally Irish folk song 'Sweet Mary of Kilmore' that never made it into Australian folklore collections. He argues that the reason for this was a scholarly discrimination in favour of shearers', bushranging and drovers' songs which fitted into the 'Australian Legend' stereotype. The article contains the transcription of two Australian versions of the ballad, one orally transmitted, the other one found in Russel Ward's manuscripts.
- Mary of Kilmorei"As I strolled out one morning", single work poetry (p. 479-480)
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When 'History Changes Who We Were',
single work
review
— Review of Searching for the Secret River 2006 single work criticism ; The History Question : Who Owns the Past? 2006 single work essay ; Agamemnon's Kiss : Selected Essays 2006 selected work essay ; Is History Fiction? 2005 single work criticism ; (p. 481-488) -
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single work
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— Review of Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia 2007 single work criticism ; (p. 489-491) -
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single work
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— Review of David Malouf 2007 single work criticism ; (p. 491-493) -
[Review] Water from the Moon : Illusion and Reality in the Works of Australian Novelist Christopher Koch,
single work
review
— Review of Water from the Moon : Illusion and Reality in the Works of Australian Novelist Christopher Koch 2007 multi chapter work criticism ; (p. 493-496) -
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single work
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— Review of Witnessing the Past : History and Post-Colonialism in Australian Historical Novels 2004 single work criticism ; (p. 496-499) -
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single work
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— Review of By the Book : A Literary History of Queensland 2007 anthology criticism ; (p. 499-501) -
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single work
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— Review of The Third Metropolis : Imagining Brisbane Through Art and Literature, 1940-1970 2007 single work criticism ; (p. 501-503) -
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— Review of Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006 anthology criticism ; (p. 503-506)
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